Northwestern State Demons at LSU Tigers
· NCAA Men's BasketballMike Williams III hits 6 3s, scores 20. hot-shooting LSU beats Northwestern State 96-55
Dean scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, Fountain added 10 points and a season-high 10 rebounds. Will Baker scored 17 points on 6-of-8 shooting for LSU (8-5). Jalen Cook added 13 points and Jordan Wright scored 10.
The Tigers shot a season-high 61% (36 of 59) from the field, made 11 of 21 (52%) from 3-point range and scored 29 points off 20 Northwestern State turnovers.
Chris Mubiru hit a 3-pointer and Chase Forte followed with a layup to give the Demons a 7-4 lead, but a steal by Fountain led to a layup by Dean to make it 9-8 with 13:32 left in the first half and LSU led the rest of the way.
Forte made a layup that trimmed Northwestern State's deficit to 23-18 with 8:03, but the Demons were 1-of-12 shooting as LSU scored 24 of the final 27 first-half points to take a 47-21 lead.
Forte and Jimel Lane lead Northwestern State (2-11) with nine points apiece. The Demons, who snapped a 10-game losing streak last time out with a win over NAIA Southern-New Orleans, are winless against NCAA-affiliated opponents this season.
LSU opens SEC play Jan. 6 at Texas A&M. Northwestern State plays at Lamar to kick off its Southland Conference slate on Jan. 6.
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Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 55 - 96 |
2nd 0:00 | End of 2nd half | 55 - 96 |
2nd 0:15 | Braelon Bush made Three Point Jumper. | 55 - 96 |
2nd 0:16 | Jimel Lane Offensive Rebound. | 52 - 96 |
2nd 0:23 | Mitch Williams missed Jumper. | 52 - 96 |
Statistics
NWST | LSU | |
---|---|---|
21-59 | FG | 36-59 |
35.6 | Field Goal % | 61.0 |
5-21 | 3PT | 11-21 |
23.8 | Three Point % | 52.4 |
8-14 | FT | 13-20 |
57.1 | Free Throw % | 65.0 |
31 | Rebounds | 38 |
10 | Offensive Rebounds | 5 |
21 | Defensive Rebounds | 33 |
7 | Assists | 22 |
9 | Steals | 17 |
3 | Blocks | 4 |
20 | Turnovers | 11 |
0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
20 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
8 | Points Off Turnovers | 29 |
11 | Fast Break Points | 22 |
26 | Points in Paint | 50 |
14 | Fouls | 11 |
3 | Largest Lead | 45 |
Game Information
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Attendance: 8,256 | Capacity:
2023-24 Southland Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
McNeese | 17-1 | - | 30-4 |
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 14-4 | 3 | 21-12 |
Nicholls | 13-5 | 4 | 20-14 |
Lamar | 12-6 | 5 | 19-14 |
SE Louisiana | 10-8 | 7 | 15-17 |
Northwestern State | 7-11 | 10 | 9-23 |
Texas A&M-Commerce | 6-12 | 11 | 13-20 |
New Orleans | 4-14 | 13 | 10-23 |
Houston Christian | 4-14 | 13 | 6-23 |
Incarnate Word | 3-15 | 14 | 8-23 |
2023-24 Southeastern Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
---|---|---|---|
Tennessee | 14-4 | - | 27-9 |
Auburn | 13-5 | 1 | 27-8 |
South Carolina | 13-5 | 1 | 26-8 |
Kentucky | 13-5 | 1 | 23-10 |
Alabama | 13-5 | 1 | 25-12 |
Florida | 11-7 | 3 | 24-12 |
Texas A&M | 9-9 | 5 | 21-15 |
LSU | 9-9 | 5 | 17-16 |
Mississippi State | 8-10 | 6 | 21-14 |
Ole Miss | 7-11 | 7 | 20-12 |
Georgia | 6-12 | 8 | 20-17 |
Arkansas | 6-12 | 8 | 16-17 |
Vanderbilt | 4-14 | 10 | 9-23 |
Missouri | 0-18 | 14 | 8-24 |